Elmo (

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: k̓upawi¢q̓nuk) is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Lake County,

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, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census, up from 143 in

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. The townsite was platted in 1917. Elmo had a dock and warehouse that served boat traffic on Flathead Lake.

Geography

Elmo is located in northwestern Lake County at the west end of the Big Arm on

Flathead Lake Flathead Lake (, ) is a large natural lake in northwest Montana, United States. The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Glacial Lake Missoula, Lake Missoula, of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is a nat ...

. U.S. Route 93 passes through the community, leading north to Kalispell and southeast to Polson, the Lake

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. Montana Highway 28 has its eastern terminus at US 93 in Elmo and leads southwest to Montana Highway 200 at Plains. According to the

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, the Elmo CDP has a total area of , all land.

Climate

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

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system, Elmo has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Elmo, Montana
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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 143 people, 52 households, and 31 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 62 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 31.47%

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, 67.83% Native American, and 0.70% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.10% of the population. There were 52 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.5% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 19.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.56. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 76.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $8,036, and the median income for a family was $8,250. Males had a median income of $0 versus $3,750 for females. The

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for the CDP was $2,778. There were 100.0% of families and 96.1% of the population living below the

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, including 100.0% of under 18 and 45.5% of those over 64.

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{{authority control Census-designated places in Lake County, Montana Census-designated places in Montana

Geography

Climate

Demographics

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